Chapter 9
Festivals Suck!
~~Day of Festival~~ Sept. 21~~
This is actually pretty exciting. All of the work and artistry some people have put into their booths is amazing. But unfortunately I was unable to help at all on my classes. Stupid crazy boys in my class, (Other than Yuki and Kyo, they had no part in this) they kept making up stupid things for me to do. Like one time they said that they needed nails so I went to get them and it turns out they had a whole box already.
Well I found out what they were up to when our booth was being put up. Yuki and I were discussing the best booth contest when someone tapped my shoulder. Turning I saw it was two of the boys in my class.
"Hey, Raelyn! All of the boys pitched in to get something that will hopefully help our sales. And we were hoping that you would wear it for us. So it's kind of like a present!"
"Oh, of course I will what is it?" As they pulled it out I gasped, paled, and almost gagged at the sight of the outfit. It was a Pink Ruffled Dress. The top was a corset with black strings and long sleeves that left the shoulders bare. The bottom was a short ruffled skirt that had black string wrapped around it with a long ruffled train. It also came with a pink crown, a giant color blinding pink fuzzy feathery Shakespearian 18th century mask, and pink 6 inch hooker heels. I can't believe that I agreed to wear that. This is the end of everything and this will be so embarrassing. I hate pink, dresses, and heels why the hell can't they understand that!
Slowly I sank into a pool of despair and slid to the floor trying not to start screaming at the boys. Tohru seeing what was going on ran over, thanked the boys, took the DRESS, and led me to the bathroom.
~~Twenty minutes later ~~
For the first time in two years I experienced emotional hell. I had to wear the DRESS; everyone was going to see me in the DRESS, and to make matters worse the entire student body of Kaibara High found out so there all going to see. I'm going to die. It took Tohru ten minutes to persuade me to just come out of a stall and change. My hair had been let out and was now curling gracefully around my shoulders.
Luckily I had managed to hide any makeup in the vicinity when Tohru was trying to find one of the heels that I 'mistakenly' dropped in the far corner of the bathroom. But for now that seems to be my only victory today since I'm now looking at myself in the mirror realizing that I looked like a medieval hooker minus the makeup. Well if they want a hooker they got one. Still terrified but a bit more confident I walked out of the bathroom in my crown, feathery mask, hooker dress, and 6 inch hooker heels.
I was blinded by the light as I stepped out but I soon recovered and was greeted by a sea of high school boys and girls (and Shigure). I could feel my face grow hot as the area went silence and everyone stared. I swear majority of the boy's mouths hung open. In a split second half the student body had cameras out and the area was blinded by the flashes. Luckily I wasn't the only one.
After ten minutes a first year boy and a third boy joined me in the spotlight. The first year looked like someone had plucked him right out of candy land and the third year looked like every fan girls knight in shining armor. Then the ridiculous part came. The two boys and I had been standing up there for a half an hour when a third year girl approached us.
"You three are doing great," she cooed as she looked us all over like we were pieces of meat, "Now we are going to try something new, OK?" Since I had no choice but to fallow along I nodded.
"Great, this is what you have to do. Some of the kids wanted some action pictures so that's what we're going to give them."
"What kind of action shots?" the first year asked nervously.
"Oh, just simple ones like where we have a knight of shining armor saving a princess and a princess with a candy kid. Things like that and before we continue we're going to have a ten minute break so we can set up." I had paled at this knowing that I was going to have to be in almost all the pictures and I was going to be a princess in distress. Just great. After ditching the feathery mask o doom, my shoes, and the crown I gathered up my skirts and fled in the direction of my classes' booth.
As I hurried around the crowd I got a wide collection of weird looks. Ignoring them I increased my pace. Soon my booth was in view and as were my friends. I started to run up to the booth but I quickly realized that would be a bad idea since I kinda stood out. So I went around the back of the booth and "hid" in the bushes. I didn't have to wait very long before one of the people I was looking for past by. My timing was perfect as I pulled the older boy into my hide out. Yuki tensed and turned to confront me but one he recognized me he relaxed. Most likely he thought it was a girl from his crazy fan club or Kyo.
"What's going on Miss Raelyn?" he whispered confused.
"Yuki, you know that I am being forced to wear this hideous dress and have pictures taken of me?" I whispered pleadingly ignoring the formalities. He nodded still not understanding why I had dragged him in a bush.
"Well I need your help because I am not very fond of being their Barbie doll. What I'm trying to say is that I need a distraction so I can escape. Can you please help me?" I gave him my best puppy dog look (which I copied from Momiji) and I could see his resistance crumble. With a loud sigh he answered,
"How can I help?"
"Well here's the plan."
~~5 Minutes Later ~~
Unfortunately I had to return to the stage area. Lounging around I waited for my plan to come into action. The other two unwilling participants of this hell soon joined me knowing that their fates had also been pretty much sealed. A sigh escaped the third year beside me and I couldn't help but to grin. They both gave me odd looks since this wasn't a very favorable situation and I had been moping earlier but none the less I stood there grinning like an idiot to myself. This is going to be fun.
Turning slightly I focused my attention to the giant clock at the front of the school. The time was 29 minutes after 12. Perfect. Slowly the seconds ticked down.
27 seconds… today's sucked so far….
25… this dress is so going magically disappear when I get home…
21… I wonder what's for lunch…
18 … does my outfit really match…
13… the sun's too bright…
9… my ankles hurts…
5…this is taking too long…
4… is it just me or did time slowing down…
3… grrrr…
2… what the…
1 second… Yes! Just as the second hand hit 12 and the clock read 12:30 a chorus of screams filled the air. Triumphantly I watched the scene below me unfold. The screams were not of pain, nor horror, nor excitement, they were screams of astonishment. For beneath all of the 'lovely' spectator's feet the sprinklers, which had been turned off on this occasion, sprung to life whipping water around soaking everyone to the core.
Shouts and curses of the surprised crowd rang as they all fought to find shelter. A light chuckle escaped me as I silently thanked Yuki for arranging such an amusing distraction. This seems to be one of the perks when you have a friend who is the student council president.
After watching a bit longer I decided that it was time for me to make my escape. Giving a mock curtsy to the third and first year I turned quickly and fled from the stage; while silently plotting the easiest way to get rid of the dress. Maybe I should burn it…
